Astor Piazzolla
María de Buenos Aires
Tango Suite
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Edition Score and Parts
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Difficulty Level
- Composer Astor Piazzolla
- Editor Gregor Kovacic
- Publisher Baton Music
- Series Baton Orchestral
- Order no. BTM1150
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Description:
In 1968 Piazzolla composed the 'operita', (little opera) 'María de Buenos Aires' in which he combines classical contrapuntal techniques learned from Nadia Boulanger with the vertically harmonic 'milongas' and mid-century jazz. The music draws on the ‘nuevo tango' idiom for which Piazzolla is famous.
The ill-omened María, born ‘one day when God was drunk' in a poor suburb of Buenos Aires, heads to the centre of Buenos Aires, where she is seduced by the music of the tango and becomes a streetwalker. Thieves and brothel keepers, gathered at a black mass resolve her death. After her death, she is condemned to a hell which is the city itself: her Shadow, now walks the city. She has returned to virginity, is impregnated by the word of the goblin poet, and gives birth to a Child María, who may be herself.
Slovenian arranger Gregor Kovacic arranged a ‘Tango Suite' from ‘María de Buenos Aires' for Voice, Accordion and Symphonic Band. Optional, the accordion part can also be played by the orchestra.
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